KANSAS CITY (MO)
The Kansas City Star
BY MARK MORRIS
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
11/14/2014
Breaking two years of silence since the 2012 conviction of Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn, a key member of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy said the church must deal with the situation soon.
Speaking with the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, said he understands the message that leaving Finn in place sends to Catholics.
“It’s a question the Holy See needs to address urgently,” O’Malley said in an interview with correspondent Norah O’Donnell.
A spokesman for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, which Finn leads, could not be reached for comment Friday morning.
A Jackson County judge convicted Finn of misdemeanor failure to report suspicions of child abuse for not telling authorities about a priest who later pleaded guilty to producing child pornography.
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